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Re:'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unfor... by encoderer on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @04:03PM (#43347128)
Capitalism has saved billions of people from poverty.

Advertising is part of that trade.

I’m happy it exists.

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Re:'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unfor... by bdangubic on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @04:09PM (#43347185)
Capitalism has saved billions of people from poverty.

You meant the EXACT opposite, right? :)

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Re:'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unfor... by encoderer on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @04:43PM (#43347474)
No. Poverty is the default state. Capitalism creates inequality but it also reduces poverty.
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Re:'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unfor... by fracus on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @04:08PM (#43347179)
> Capitalism has saved billions of people from poverty.

Unabated capitalism has more poverty than capitalism with social programs. Social programs save people from poverty.

Also, capitalism can exist without advertising.

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Re:'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unfor... by encoderer on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @04:45PM (#43347485)
It doesn’t need every form of advertising, but you can’t start a business if you can’t reach prospective customers, and if you can’t start a business then you don’t have capitalism.
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